Welch High Team Set to Clash with Princeton in Season Opener
Welch High School will field one of its fastest basketball squads under Coach Weldy for the season. The team aims to win the Southern West Virginia title after a close win against Princeton last year. The girls will play Princeton, and Welch plans to release the full schedule soon amid tensions with Bluefield High.
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Miss Cherry Blossom musical comedy at Northfork school
Northfunk Hila Sunvol presents Miss Cherry Blossom a musical comedy at the Northforkigo seriool aluutoridia Bride night. Characters include Cherry Blossom Ruby Keesing Rosello Eogar Ward Jon Henry Siow Brroughton Johnson Henry Jones Liddell Grace Wordington Mamwooud 10 pesees Young Painter Vanderpool Cooke Log Leonard Foster Jones Jessica Vanderpool Worthington Yacht party guests and a rich politician plot to wed Cherry Blossom. Jack Henry Smith falls for Cherryblossom and plans to elope. Kokemo and Togo thwart them as the chorus of students joins in.
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Jack
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Kokemo
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Togo
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Theyceum
Welch Briefs Highlight Local Marriages and Events
Marriage licenses issued include Joe Gross to Manda Brewster of Hugliah and Kay Ramey to Daisy Herndon of War. James Doss, injured by Howard Hilton, remains at Welch Hospital with poor appetite and unclear recovery. A McDowell Woman’s Club meeting reports, sewer work reopening Wyoming Street, and heavy rain floods parking at McDowell Street. Community notices cover church society meetings, Rotary luncheon, and upcoming lyceum events featuring Ralph Blanchard and the Grosjean Marimba Xylophone Company. Building activity accelerates in Welch with new offices and post ofice setup. The Legion Auxiliary plans year-end closure, and dance committees anticipate large attendance from neighboring counties. William Haines Bennett’s talk at the high school drew a favorable response with requests for return.
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Joe Gross
Manda Brewster
Hugliah
Kay Ramey
Daisy Herndon
Strike for Prayers at Vienna Doebling School
Teachers at Doebling school in Vienna began a strike when the day opened with no prayers. The protest centered on the school focus being prayers and disrupted classes in the morning.
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Doebling
Medicated relief advertised at White and Gentral Pharmacy
An ad touts Hyomoeil for immediate relief of cairrh symptoms with a money back guarantee if it fails. The notice directs readers to White and Gentral Pharmacy for purchase.
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Gentral
Wrestling Matches Draw City Interest At Memorial
City sport fans show keen interest in two wrestling bouts at the Memorial building this evening. Tony Bernardi meets Charles Piatos while F Lazar wrestles Young Stocker. Both claim to have faced top contenders and are ready for challengers. A pre bout business meeting of McDowell Post No. 8 is planned.
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Charles Piatos
F. Lazar
Young Stocker
Barnardi
Lazar
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Bazaar slated by Presbyterian auxiliary on Saturday
Final arrangements announce a bazaar by the Presbyterian woman's auxiliary in the Sunday school rooms of the church. Japanese articles, fancy work, homemade candies and cakes, cut flowers will be sold. Lunch from 12 to 2 features hot biscuits chicken salad giblet gravy creamed potatoes pickles olives tea or coffee at 75 cents. Afternoon tea and sandwiches follow.
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Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary
Legion Basketball Schedule Filling Fast at McDowell Post
McDowell Post No. basketball team under manager O J Hale plans at least one home game weekly. Williamson brings college stars this month, Gary hosts the Zion quintet this Saturday, and Princeton visits next Friday. Last night the squad scrimmaged with the high school team as eight home games may cost $3 from Hale or any squad member.
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McDowell Post
Welch News Roundup of Local Visits and Travels
Mrs C B Gravely returned to Salem Virginia after visiting her daughter Mrs T Johns. G H Gwinn made a business trip to Williamson. Robert Leckie of Huntington was a Welch visitor. Jack Liebman returned from Bluefield. Mrs Paul Hammond on extended visit to Marlboro County North Carolina. Betty Garrett Cox of Excelior now in Welch recovering from illness. H J Dollinger of Hill Motor Company returned to Welch after three weeks in Syracuse New York. John Swope spent Tuesday in Princeton.
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T. Johnson
Salem
G. H. Gwinn
Williamson
Robert Leckie
Huntington
Welch
Jack Liebman
Blueld
Paul Hammond
Marlboro County
N. C
Betty Garrett Cox
Mra
BE. H. Cox
Excelior
H. J. Dollinger
The
Hill Motor Company
Syracuse
N. Y
John Swope
Princeton
Trains Run Normally After Dual Wrecks In West Virginia
Two rail crashes in West Virginia disrupt services with one fireman killed and many passengers injured. A Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train struck a boulder on Gauley rail line, while a Baltimore and Ohio service between Ravenswood and Spencer derailed near Reedy. Front of a baggage car derailed after a split rail.
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Spencer
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Danish Nobility Hit by Landsmands Bank Failure
Dowager Queen Alexandra and Prince Valdemar are reported to have lost large sums in the Landsmands Bank collapse. Danish nobility and others of wealth suffer, with Valdemar reportedly closing his town residence and planning a world cruise on a yacht named Weiderquist.
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State Aid County Library Urged
Bureau of Education Bulletin argues rural libraries need state aid to overcome county law limitations. Discusses local option county libraries and compares Maine Rhode Island models. Urges state funding, noting small per county allocations could spur nationwide library expansion and build on existing education aid.
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Legend of the Piper authoring Chicago opera figure
Chicago writer Eleanor Everest Freer and Edith Rockefeller McCormick lead American opera efforts. Freer, a social figure, asserts the art of a country as a key asset and envisions English speaking nations adopting vernacular operas. She notes she has set music to about 150 songs and chairs American music at the Illinois Federation of Music Clubs.
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Eleanor Everest
Archibald) Freer
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Opera In Our Language Foundation
America
Reer
Chieves
Home Brew Blinds Palatine Man Leaving Crain Blind For Life
Charles Crain of Palatine Illinois was blinded for life when his home brew mixture exploded during preparation. Investigations record the accident as a severe burn and eye injury with lasting impairment.
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Charles Crain
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Odd Fellows Home Adds Contracts Deferred in Parkersburg
Directors of the Odd Fellows Home in Elkins met in Parkersburg to review finances for the ongoing expansion costing about 100000. The board deferred letting additional contracts to the next monthly meeting. attendees included H W Woody and A J Wilkinson among others.
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H .W. Woody
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P. Ball
Spencer
Rev. L. Dash
Grave robbers hunted with dogs in Vienna cemeteries
Vienna reports state grave robbers have grown active in city cemeteries, prompting police guards to patrol each night with dogs. Disinterments target recently buried bodies for clothing, jewelry, gold teeth, and even women’s hair tresses, while Cirencester in England notes Ernest Townscud faced three days in the public library after a street assault.
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Soldier Swerts died from brutal hospital treatment evidence given
Philadelphia December 6 testimony to a federal grand jury alleges Alfonzo Swerts a wounded AHK F veteran died from brutal treatment at the U S veterans hospital an autopsy showed broken ribs and extensive bruising witnesses say he endured hours of immersion in hot water to weaken him and induce sleep the case follows an American Legion complaint and an exhumation three months after burial at Mount Moriah cemetery London reports a nobleman’s son accused of card cheating at his club.
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Fire Threatens Forty Thousand Tons of Coal in Logan
Two coal piles totaling about 40,000 tons in the Logan district mine fields are on fire after spontaneous combustion. A 35,000 ton pile at Amherstdale burst into flames Monday, and a 5,000 ton pile at Gay Coal & Coke Company near Logan caught fire Tuesday.
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Poison Pen Penalty dame in Kansas City fight
Mrs Rose Goodman was accused of writing scurrilous letters when Mrs Caroline Johnston pulled out her hair and beat her until police arrived.
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